Cover for nursery-chair seats



March 1,929 r H: E. M cANDLEss I 1,704,915

COVER FOR NURSERY CHAIR SEATS Filed Oct, 1927 2 Shets-Sheet 1 -%zlsATTOIIQNEY March 12, 1929. H E. MOCANDLESS 1,704,915

COVER FOR NURSERY CHAIR SEATS -Filed Oct. 7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR M LSATTORN E! Patented Mar. 12, 1929. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. MCCANDLESS, O ROCHESTER, NEW' YORK, AssIGNoR 'rro KENNEDY-MC-CANDLESS CORPORATION, OE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION-OF NEW YORK.

COVER FOR NURSERY-CHAIR SEATS.

Application filed October 7, 1927. Serial 110.224,?27.

and quickly from effective to ineffective position or vice versa.

With these and other ends in vlew, the

invention comprises the structure and com-v bination of parts which willappear more clearly from the following description when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features beingpointed out in the claims following the description. In the drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nursery chair showing one possibleembodiment of the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same, with the coverin its effectiveposition;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the same with the covermoved to its ineffective position; v

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation, showing the cover in itsineffective position; Figure 5 is a plan of the chair seat and cover,and

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken approximately On the center line ofthe chair.

There is illustrated in the drawing a nursery chair of conventional formincluding upright members 11 and 12 which form the legs of the chair andto which is attached a seat member 13. The members 11 and 12 may beextended upwardly so to provide for a back and arms on the chair ifdesired.

Various forms of covers have been suggested heretofore to cover the seatof the chair when it is not in use. The style of cover commonly used hasbeen hinged at its rear edge and has been moved to ineffective positionby having its front edge swung upwardly. This construction has a greatdisadvantage in that the cover, even when swung upwardly, is notentirely out of the way, but obstructs to some extent the rear portionof the seat. Furthermore, this cover, when in ineffective position,comes between the back of the chair and the child sitting thereon, andis less comfortable for the child to lean against than the back itselfwould be.

In the present construction, these disadvantages are obviated by theprovisionof a I covenwhich, when moved to ineffective position, isentirely removed from theseat of the chair and in no way obstructs anyportion thereof or prevents the child from leaning against the back ofthe chair. I I

moved entirely from the top surface of the seat.

Such attaching mechanism may consist, for example, of the guidingmembers15 attached to the cover. and the cooperating guiding or control member16 attached to the seat structure. The members 15, as shown particularlyin Figure 5, extend along the sides of the cover, spaced a short distance therefrom, and these guiding men'lbcrs continue somewhat past therear edge of the cover to a position just behind the rear edge of theseat structure, where they are then bent at right angles and attached tothe, i

cover as clearly indicated in Figure 5. These guiding members 15 may beformed of rods or stiff Wires or in any other suitable way.

The cooperating control or guide member 16 above mentioned may be, forexample, of the shape best shown in Figure 2. It consists of a rod orwire the greater portion. of which is straight but which has two Ushaped offsets or loops 17 formed therein.

The straight portion of the member 16 between the two loops isplacedslightly below the plane of the top surface of the seat, as may beseen from Figures 2 and'6, and .the loop portions 17 pass between theguiding members 15 and the edges of the cover and loosely embrace theseguiding members, as 1 indicated especially in Figure 2.. This control orguiding member 16 may be pivotally secured to the chair in any suitablemanner. For instance, the ends of'the member may be mounted in bearings18 which will prevent longitudinal movement but allow rotary movement ofthe member, these bearings 18 2 being attachechin turn, to the legs 12of the chair.

16 may therefore be said to be mounted on the seat structure of thechair, this term seat structure being intended to include the seatitself or any parts attached thereto, as distinguished from the coverwhich is movable relative to the seat and attached parts.

The operation of the improved cover herein disclosed .is exceedinglysimple.

The position shown in Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6 indicates the:cover in itseffective position. 1

covering the seat. When it is desired to move thecover to ineffectiveposition, it is slid rearwardly over the seat, the guiding members 15onthe' cover meanwhile sliding tl'iroughthe loops 17-. When the coverhas reached the rearward limit of its motion,

the rear edge thereof may then be swung downwardly until the cover hangsvertically at the back of the chair, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.During this swinging movement, when the cover is oscillated from theplane of the seat into a vertical plane, the guiding member 16 rotatesthrouglrapproximately 90, so that the loops 17, hich were formerlyvertical, now lie horizontally, as in Figure 4. In this ineffectiveposition, the bentportions at the forward ends of the guiding members 15on the cover come in contact with the loops 17 and prevent furtherdownward movement of the cover, thus supporting it-so that the bottomthereof is clear of the floor.

When it is desired to-replace the cover, the lower edge thereof isgrasped. and the cover is swung upwardly until it lies approximatelyhorizontal or in the plane of the seat. It is then shoved forwardly,sliding over the surface of the seat, until it resumes itseffective'position. When in this position, the bent portions at the rearends of the guiding members 15 come in contact with the'loops 17 andprevent further forward movement of the cover, thus acting as-stop meansto locate the cover in proper position. This action is indicatedparticularly in Figures 5 and 6.

These legs are fixed relative to the seat 18 of the chair, and thegu1d1ng member the inventive ideamay be carriedout in a number of ways;This application is therefore not to be hm1ted=tothe precise detailsshown, but it intended to cover all modifications thereoffallingwithinthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaims, 7

I claim 1. The combination with a seat structure of a nursery chair, ofa cover member, guid-- ing members extending parallel toeach'of twoedges of said cover member andspaced therefrom, saidguiding membersbeingzextended past one end of said cover member, and a guiding memberpivotally secured to said seat structure, said last named guiding.

member extending substantially perpendicu lar to the guiding memberson'the cover and including a plurality of loop portions through which,said lirst named" guiding members pass.

2. The combination'with a seatstructure of a nursery chair, ofa'cover-member, guiderods spacedfrom'the side edgesof the cover memberin parallel relationship thereto and having right-angled end portionsextending toward and attached to'the cover member,

and guiding means on the seat structure co- 7 operating with theaforesaid guide rods on the cover member.

2-3.The combinationwith a seat structure of a nursery chair, of a covermember, and

cooperating guide rods on' both the-"cover member and seat structurefor: connecting said parts by a relatively slidable movement- In witnesswhereof, I have hereuntosigned my name.

HARRY E. MCGANDLESS-

